In 2020, the value of e-commerce sales of pharmaceuticals and beauty aids stood at 75.5 billion U.S. dollars, up from 51.7 billion U.S. dollars a year earlier. The online and mail-order sales share of total e-commerce in this segment has increased from around 31 to 38 percent in the same period.
How the drugs, health, and beauty segment compares
The total value of retail trade sales in the United States amounted to almost 5.6 trillion U.S. dollars in 2020, a considerable rise from the 3.8 trillion a decade earlier. The drugs, health and personal care sector in the United States is not the largest in the retail market, being surpassed, among others, by the apparel and accessories and the food and beverages industries. However, pharmacy and drug store sales reached 300 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Over-the-counter (OTC) medication accounted for over 36 billion U.S. dollars in sales during the same year, the highest-selling year to date for the OTC segment.
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US Census Bureau. (January 13, 2022). U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of drugs, health and beauty products from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185452/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-pharmaceuticals/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of drugs, health and beauty products from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. January 13, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185452/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-pharmaceuticals/
US Census Bureau. (2022). U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of drugs, health and beauty products from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185452/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-pharmaceuticals/
US Census Bureau. "U.S. Online Shop and Mail-order Sales of Drugs, Health and Beauty Products from 2003 to 2020 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185452/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-pharmaceuticals/
US Census Bureau, U.S. online shop and mail-order sales of drugs, health and beauty products from 2003 to 2020 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185452/us-online-shops-and-mail-order-houses-sales-figures-for-pharmaceuticals/ (last visited June 25, 2022)